No it wont, not until you close it or the program exits or it goes out of scope and is cleaned up by garbage collection.
-----Original Message----- From: Robert Hicks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 May 2007 14:14 To: beginners@perl.org Subject: slurping a file If I do this: open $FH, '<', $THE_FILE or die "$0: open problem"; my @ids = map substr($_, 0, 5), <$FH>; Does that file handle get closed after the slurp? Robert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/ This e-mail is from the PA Group. For more information, see www.thepagroup.com. This e-mail may contain confidential information. Only the addressee is permitted to read, copy, distribute or otherwise use this email or any attachments. If you have received it in error, please contact the sender immediately. Any opinion expressed in this e-mail is personal to the sender and may not reflect the opinion of the PA Group. Any e-mail reply to this address may be subject to interception or monitoring for operational reasons or for lawful business practices. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
